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CS/SB 1264: Public Health Emergency

GENERAL BILL by Health, Aging and Long-Term Care ; Brown-Waite

Public Health Emergency; revises rulemaking authority of Health Dept. re its power to impose quarantine, including requiring vaccination; specifies terms under which public health emergency is declared; provides for consultation for, notice, & duration of declaration of public health emergency; provides immunity from civil damages under Good Samaritan Act for actions taken in response to situations during declared emergency, etc. Amends 381.0011,.00315, 768.13.

Effective Date: Upon becoming law
Last Action: 3/22/2002 House - Died on Calendar, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1262 (Ch. 2002-269)
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/14/2002 Senate • Prefiled
1/24/2002 Senate • Introduced, referred to Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; Governmental Oversight and Productivity; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00143; On Committee agenda-- Select Committee on Public Security and Crisis Management, 01/29/02, 11:15 am, 412-K --Recommended, with 1 proposed amendment, for full committee consideration; Yeas 7 Nays 0 -SJ 00150
1/31/2002 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, 02/05/02, 1:00 pm, 110-S
2/5/2002 Senate • CS by Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 00225; CS read first time on 02/11/02 -SJ 00236
2/7/2002 Senate • Now in Governmental Oversight and Productivity -SJ 00225
2/14/2002 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Productivity, 02/19/02, 2:00 pm, 37-S
2/19/2002 Senate • Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Governmental Oversight and Productivity; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 00290
2/20/2002 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 00290
3/6/2002 Senate • Withdrawn from Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 00432; Now in Rules and Calendar
3/13/2002 Senate • Withdrawn from Rules and Calendar -SJ 00507; Placed on Calendar, on second reading
3/15/2002 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00803; Read second time -SJ 00786; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00786; Ordered engrossed -SJ 00787
3/18/2002 Senate • Read third time -SJ 00819; CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 00819
3/18/2002 House • In Messages; Received, placed on Calendar -HJ 01972
3/22/2002 House • Died on Calendar, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1262 (Ch. 2002-269)